Austrians eat less meat

In 2019, Austrian farms produced a total of about 3.82 million tonnes of cow's, sheep's and goat's milk (-1% compared to 2018), 2.09 billion tonnes of eggs (+ 1%) and 4,400 tonnes of fish (unchanged) from domestic and foreign markets. In the case of meat, gross domestic production (in slaughter weight, ie including bones and fat) remained at the level of the previous year and amounted to 910,300 tonnes. This is clear from Statistics Austria's data. The level of self-sufficiency, which indicates the extent to which domestic production can meet domestic demand, was 170 per cent for milk (including yoghurt), 142 per cent for beef and veal and 113 per cent for cheese. For pork, this figure is 102 percent. For the following products, self-sufficiency was below 100 percent, so domestic production could not fully meet demand: eggs (86 percent), poultry (72 percent), butter (69 percent), and fish (6 percent). Per capita consumption in 2019 was 82.2 kg of milk, 23.4 kg of cheese, 5.6 kg of ...